First Manchester

[M60lad]

RE: First Manchester
Looks like Tameside Depot could be short of a few Hybrids at the moment as on Tuesday there were 2 Cummins Solos on Stockport Duties and today one of the Cummins engined Solos was out on 419s

[Mayneway]

RE: First Manchester

(02/10/2014 21:41)M60lad Wrote:  Looks like Tameside Depot could be short of a few Hybrids at the moment as on Tuesday there were 2 Cummins Solos on Stockport Duties and today one of the Cummins engined Solos was out on 419s

At least one of the Hybrid Versa's normally used in Stockport was on 41's today but I did notice the standard Solos on the 419 myself.

There were a few odd allocations today. I spotted at B9 on the 346 at lunchtime and a further B9 running through Mottram on the 387 a short time later.

[james]

RE: First Manchester

(02/10/2014 22:47)Mayneway Wrote:  At least one of the Hybrid Versa's normally used in Stockport was on 41's today but I did notice the standard Solos on the 419 myself.

There were a few odd allocations today. I spotted at B9 on the 346 at lunchtime and a further B9 running through Mottram on the 387 a short time later.

346/387/389/331 all interwork so prob same b9

[Mayneway]

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(03/10/2014 12:24)james Wrote:  346/387/389/331 all interwork so prob same b9

Highly unlikely.
I left Ashton on a 236 at 12.46 and the B9 on the 346 passed me halfway up Penny Meadow Ashton bound.
The B9 on the 387 passed me just before the Roe Cross at 13.05 also Ashton bound so must have been a mighty quick turn around in Hyde lol.

[james]

RE: First Manchester

(03/10/2014 17:58)Mayneway Wrote:  Highly unlikely.
I left Ashton on a 236 at 12.46 and the B9 on the 346 passed me halfway up Penny Meadow Ashton bound.
The B9 on the 387 passed me just before the Roe Cross at 13.05 also Ashton bound so must have been a mighty quick turn around in Hyde lol.

Yes that's unlikely but generally @ ashton
346 arr @ xx38 leaves as 387 @ xx50

[Mayneway]

RE: First Manchester
I'm in and around Ashton most Lunchtimes during the week and it was quite rare to see B9's on the 346/387. It's normally a Dart or Solo. Certainly in more recent times with the loss of most of the B9's to Oldham/Queens road.

[Metroline1511]

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(23/09/2014 15:29)Wright Eclipse Wrote:  98 I`m guessing would just get eclipses from more busy routes (in fact it does eclipses a lot) but 135 i agree with,I Always thought it might of been a better idea to put the B9TLs on 135 & move bendys on 471,i think 135 is the only frequent route that runs out of Manchester that hasnt had new/newer buses in last 6 year (17/18 have B9TLs & now also have B5LHs 36/37,180/4 have got the new Enviro400s & had B9TLs before that,8 has a mix of Enviro400s & B9TLs,81/A has Enviro300s.83 has a mix of B9TLs & Enviro400s,163 now have B9TLs & now even 42 has new Enviro400s!) even though im guessing this has more to do with the depot than the route,Bury has hardly ever been on top of firstbuses list when it comes to new buses

I was in Bury on Sat 1st Feb, and rode a bendi on route 471. I saw other stock, including double-deckers and Eclipses alongside bendis on route 135.

(25/09/2014 06:35)BHA Wrote:  I was in Manchester yesterday and noted 33656, 33668 and 33669 in service at Rusholme, all minus the 180/184 branding that I think they had at Oldham. Are these a loan or a transfer? The new Enviro400s were plentiful and we saw 25 of the 27 out in service including 33857 on the 158 to Davenport - did not know that Rusholme work contracts. 33842 and 33848 were not seen and I think it has been mentioned that 33848 has noy yet arrived after accident damage in Glasgow. The cross-connect branding is interesting with 3384x having the NMGH strap line but that on the Streetlites changed to show Eccles as the destination. From observation 63096, 63146-9 and 63151 have been de-branded and 63150/2-6 have the Eccles branding. Having said all that there was a mix of branded 41 Streetlites and branded 42 Enviro400s on both the 41 and 42 routes to Eccles and NMGH respectively. Very confusing.

It would indeed look odd having route 41 and 42 branded buses on opposite routes. I am hoping to ride an E40D on route 41 to Eccles, probably on the same day as Metrolink to the Airport, potentially in December.

[james]

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(03/10/2014 18:55)Mayneway Wrote:  I'm in and around Ashton most Lunchtimes during the week and it was quite rare to see B9's on the 346/387. It's normally a Dart or Solo. Certainly in more recent times with the loss of most of the B9's to Oldham/Queens road.

with the 346/387 duties ive seen a lot more streetlites on it than solos gen its the x reg darts n s/light with 54 solos covering hybrids and 02 solos on 353/4+ 335

the b9 have 5 spec boards for pk hour working for 348/350 with 1 spare that can appear anywhere
30964/5 usually work the 16.08 348 board as this is now the pm peak spare

the hybrids atm ate short. 2 are vor at bb with 1 awaiting a repair

[SF07]

RE: First Manchester
The fare offers on some First routes have been extended again.

The £1 single fare offer on the 18, 41, 42 and 157 between Manchester city centre, MRI and Didsbury has been extended from 30 September until 10 January 2015, while the £10 weekly fare on the 36/37 route has also been extended from 30 September until 22 November 2014.

http://www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/greater_...s/quidsin/
http://www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/greater_...upersaver/

[Mayneway]

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(12/10/2014 11:46)SF07 Wrote:  The fare offers on some First routes have been extended again.

The £1 single fare offer on the 18, 41, 42 and 157 between Manchester city centre, MRI and Didsbury has been extended from 30 September until 10 January 2015, while the £10 weekly fare on the 36/37 route has also been extended from 30 September until 22 November 2014.

http://www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/greater_...s/quidsin/
http://www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/greater_...upersaver/

No surprise there really.
Have stagecoach extended thier £1 offer yet?? If not I'm presuming they will this coming week